Any punk fans here? Are there any good modern punk bands? "Modern" as in, have been around for less then 20 years, and are younger than 40. There's an insanely long list of great bands from 1970's to ...

Ever wondered how modern music has become so epic? Of course, the popular artists of our day have learned a thing or two from ...

Punk‘s not dead, but it has evolved. Most notably, it’s evolved to include more women in the scene. This opens the door for those who write from a unique perspective that men just can’t capture. Here ...

There’s something funky in the air this summer. Usually, summer is a time for joy and relaxation to take suit. However, my summer 2023 is turning out to be full of angsty vocalists and overridden ...

In recent years, female and femme musicians have taken the pop music world by storm. Artists like Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charli XCX are dominating charts, playlists, and headlines, ...

Far beyond its first wave in the 1970s, the influence of punk’s earliest bands continues to be heard in the modern era.

Brothers Shawn and Mark Stern were already veteran punk rockers when they started Punk Rock Bowling 25 years ago. But they had no idea they were in the midst of a seminal moment by launching what ...

A punk rock museum might seem like an oxymoron, like a total abdication of what “punk rock” is supposed to mean and signify. The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas makes perfect sense, though. Nobody ...

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Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...